WE’VE GOT A BRAND NEW LOOK!

Greetings!

I’m very excited about this newsletter because as I was writing it our web guy is uploading our brand new website!

Based on your recommendations we’ve reorganized the product categories, made it easier to search the site, and basically “uncluttered” the shops from top to bottom!

If you have bookmarks to certain areas of the site, you’ll definitely want to update them. And if you haven’t visited in a while, now’s a good time to drop by and browse our new site — I know you’ll like what you see!

FRESH FABRICS AND NEW ARRIVALS

10% Off all New Arrivals the first week!

New & Fresh Fabrics

5 Cent Peace (Spring)
A wonderful Native American theme print capturing much
of the imagery that has appeared on American nickels (5
cents) in the past and is currently being re-released by
the U.S. Mint. Design by David Bahrens Studio.

Fruit Basket (Robert Kaufman)
Delicious red cherries tossed on a solid colored
background. Mmm mmm good!

Chef’s Choice - Coffee (Robert Kaufman)
Piping hot cups of coffee and funky café designs tossed
with coffee beans.

America The Beautiful (Robert Kaufman)
A wonderful Americana series with an old fashioned flair.
Perfect for patriotic celebrations and projects. Designed
by K & Company.

Mary Rose Collection (Robert Kaufman)
A beautifully detailed vintage rose and florals collection
in soft shades of blue, pink, green and cream. Wonderful
for quilts, clothing and home décor.

Oilloth (Oilcloth International)
Black Doily
Christmas Poinsettia

Rudolph The Reindeer (VIP)
Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and all his reindeer gang - Santa, Clarice, Hermey, Bumbles - and more all come together in this delightful collection based on the popular American Christmas TV program.

New Patterns

My Red Sofa Pattern Book (Atkinson Designs)
A delightful book featuring five fat quarter projects that are both simple and fun They also happen to look great with a red sofa (just in case you have one around the house).

Nancy Ota Patterns
Nancy’s ever-popular Screen Play bag and tote patterns are
now back in stock (and 10% off of course!)

Twisted Stitcher Quilt Block Socks
Normally we don’t carry things like socks in the Mercantile, but our Director of Cutting and head Quilting Curmudgeon, Michelle, has been raving about Twisted Stitcher’s Quilt Block Sox for so long that we finally broke down and decided to carry the whole line.

If you haven’t seen them, they’re nifty socks with cute quilt block patterns on them — perfect for you or that quilt-crazy friend of yours. (Best of all, they’re 10% off this week! Pick up a few extra pairs as stocking stuffers or secret sister gifts.)

And speaking of Quilting Curmudgeon Michelle — she premiers this week with her own web blog on the site. If you like great tips and tricks, or just want to trade some ideas with an avid (read: a little crazy) quilter, make sure to check out her new site.

At the bottom right of every one of her articles you’ll see a “comments” link. Click on it and you can post your own live message to Michelle. You can ask questions, add comments, or just tell Michelle that she’s crazy (she loves that). See it all and participate right here.

Wait, there’s more!

All the New Arrivals can be found right here

All the limited-time specials can be found right here

Vol. 6, Issue 78

Terri Osterfeld, Ed.

HOLIDAY BLOWOUT SALE - LAST CHANCE TO SAVE 20%!

It’s hard to believe, but Christmas is only two months away. (Where did the year go?) And if you’re anything like we are, you’ve still got half a dozen unfinished projects, and the clocking is ticking louder everyday.

That’s why this week we’re having a big holiday blowout sale! It’s your last chance to save 20% on all holiday and seasonal fabrics and finally get those UFOs (that’s shorthand for un-finished objects) completed and ready for the holiday season.

What’s more, we’re not limiting the sale to any specific holiday or season–it applies to all the holiday and seasonal fabrics–autumn, winter, spring and summer. That means you (and you know who you are) can finally get the Christmas project–and that 4th of July quilt from last year–done at the same time!

To save 20% in our big holiday blowout sale, just use this coupon code at checkout:

holidayblowout

(Remember to click the “redeem coupon” button)

Hurry though–This is your last chance to save before the holidays and the sale ends November 2nd! So stop stalling and get shopping now!

See all the holiday and seasonal fabrics here

FREE GIFT WITH EVERY PURCHASE OF $75 OR MORE

As if our big Holiday Blowout Sale wasn’t enough, this week we’re also giving away free quilt and/or wall hanging patterns with every purchase of $75 or more. With a retail value of $8.00, getting one of these great patterns* is like getting an additional 10% off your order!

Hurry — free pattern offer ends November 2nd too!

* Pattern selection varies

Vol. 6, Issue 77

Terri Osterfeld, Ed.

FRESH FABRICS AND NEW ARRIVALS

10% Off all New Arrivals the first week!

Fusions: (Robert Kaufman)
Dots and bubbles in soft pastel shades of blue, pink and purple. A great coordinate and blender print for all kinds of sewing projects.

Watercolor Meadows 4 (Robert Kaufman)
A pretty series of soft, springlike florals in pastel shades of blue, pink and purple.

Sugar & Spice (Robert Kaufman)
Cute Ballerinas and little shoes in soft pinks, purples and creams. A delightful little girl’s series.

Primrose Lane (Clothworks)
Lovely old fashioned rose and floral bouquets in rich vintage shades. Designed by The Ginger Cookie Company.

Kimono Collection (Robert Kaufman)
Beautifully detailed Asian theme prints accented with metallic gold. Produced by Hoffman Fabrics.

Prairie Flowers (Hoffman)
Beautifully detailed florals and companions in a rainbow of colors.

Summer Fruit Oilcloth (Oilcloth Int’l)
A big, richly colored vintage summer fruit print produced in high quality oilcloth fabric.

Now back in stock (and 10% off this week!)

Fabric Grab Bag By The Pound (Various)
A grab bag of a full pound of assorted fabrics from top name mills. An eclectic assortment of styles, colors and prints in cut lengths from 1/4 to 1 yard, you never know what you’re going to get until it arrives! Great for crazy quilts, your stash, or supplying a whole guild. All fabric is top quality.

Route 66 (Robert Kaufman)
Go from Chicago to Los Angeles and enjoy the sites on historic Route 66 with this great fabric.

Astoria (Clothworks)
Pretty florals, foliages and coordinates in shades of blue, yellow and purple. Designed by Nancy Mahoney

Feathers & Lace (Telegraph Road Studios)
A great series of textures prints based on images of scattered feathers and lace. The wide range of colors makes them great basics and blenders for a wide variety of sewing and quilting projects

Mola Stories (Andover Fabrics)
Inspired by the Molas (blouses) of the The Kuna Indian women of the San Blas Archipelago off the Gulf coast of Panama, these bright designs range from abstract and geometric to pictorial images depicting daily birds, animals, sea life, plants and flowers. From the Museum of International Folk Art collection

Basically Textures (RJR)
Versatile texture prints in a rainbow of deep, rich colors. Great basics and blenders for all sorts of projects.

Wait, there’s more!

All the New Arrivals can be found right here

All the limited-time specials can be found right here.